I created a Button on the Public Profile (opt in) called “Get Your FREE Bio Link”.
That Button has custom action that copies the User ID of the Public Profile User and opens up my New User Application.
During their initial application, I ask if they have a Referral Code, which is the User ID that was copied via the link. If the individual was sent a Referral Code via text or email, they’d have to paste it in manually.
Upon Submitting their application via Button, I used a custom action based on if someone used a Referral Code or not.
I have 2 sheets, 1st is to capture all Referrals only, where I add the Referral Code to the corresponding Column.
And the 2nd Sheet is just all New Applicants, where the Referral Code is also captured.
Now that you captured which new user used a Referral Code and are able to match up that Referral Code to an Existing User, you can then credit the 100 or 200 points respectfully to each user.
I don’t use points so you’ll have to just try to figure it out yourself or ask someone who might know.
Hope this helps. And this isnt the only way you can implement a referral program and might not be the best way either. I just did this over the weekend and it seems like it will work for my use case lol